After Jia Ke received the holy decree, the ministers began to discuss the food and salary needed for the soldiers' contributions, this year there are many disasters in various places, although it is autumn now, the taxes and silver and grain in various places have been handed over, and there is some relief, but the food needed by hundreds of thousands of troops to go out is not a small number, and it must be carefully planned, otherwise it will be a great disaster for the army to run out of food.

The emperor sat on the throne and said to the people below: "This year's grain has just come down and the quantity is a little less than in previous years, so this time the expedition must be quickly decided, and it cannot be delayed for too long, and the imperial court cannot support it." ”

Jia Ke thought for a while and said, "If the Tatars can fight a decisive battle with their ministers, I think this war can be resolved in a month or two. If the two sides insist, I am afraid that we will get winter, and then the problem of food and grass for three months must be solved anyway, otherwise the army will not be able to win. ”

"What I am very afraid of now is that the Tatars are scattered and harassed everywhere, so although Weichen has some cavalry, most of them are foot soldiers, and they can't keep up with the Tatars anyway, so the emperor still ordered that the nine important towns should strengthen their guards to prevent the Tatars from sneaking up."

After hearing this, the emperor nodded, and then said: "Don't worry, I will send an order to the Nine Sides, so that they can strengthen their guard against the Tatars." ”

In addition to worrying about the emperor doing something to him in the barracks, Jia Ke is also worried about the grain and grass of the troops.

"The minister emphasizes one more point, it is still the grain and grass of the army going north, and it must be prepared in the army for at least a month, otherwise, Weichen is afraid that the army will be restless."

The emperor didn't say anything after hearing this, and he said to Liu Yu below: "Your military aircraft department has ordered the household department to prepare as much grain and grass as possible, and they must not shorten the food of the army, and this matter will be handed over to Liu Aiqing." You go to the head of the household and ask him to raise the food no matter what, and there must be no more mistakes. ”

Liu Yu hurriedly went out of work and said: "Your Majesty, rest assured, although this year's grain and grass are tight, the cost of hundreds of thousands of troops for three months can still be supported." I will go to the household department in a while, and ask them to put forward 300,000 quintals of food for backup, and when the army is assembled in the capital, they can immediately carry 300,000 quintals of grain to the north. ”

Only then did the emperor nod and said to Jia Ke below: "Jia Aiqing can do everything I can arrange for you, and it will be up to you in the future." ”

Jia Ke stepped forward to express his determination again, and when the emperor saw that the arrangements had been made, he asked them to go back and prepare their own preparations.

Jia Ke walked out of the Heart Cultivation Hall with the holy decree in his arms, and said to Lei Ying: "Lord Lei is the secretary of the military department, and this time the matter of transferring troops will be handed over to Lord Lei, so it must be implemented quickly, so that they must rush to the capital within fifteen days." ”

Lei Ying bowed his hand to Jia Ke and said, "Don't worry, Lord Jia, I will go and issue an order now, and they must be sent to the capital on the fifteenth, so that we can go north." ”

Jia Ke thought for a while and said: "In addition to the military department, our military aircraft department should also have a document for the transfer of troops, after all, we are the main person in charge of these generals." ”

After listening to Jia Ke's words, Lei Ying's brows furrowed, like in the past, the mobilization of troops and horses was ordered by the emperor, and the Ministry of War could issue another document, and now it is necessary to add the Military Aircraft Department, it seems that Jia Ke is less and less interested in the emperor.

Liu Yu saw Lei Ying's gloomy face, and knew that he wanted to refute, so he hurriedly came out and said: "What Master Jia said is that after all, we are the Military Aircraft Department, and we are in charge of the important affairs of the world's military aircraft. ”

Seeing that Liu Yu had agreed, Lei Ying endured the anger in his heart and didn't say anything more.

Jia Ke saw that Lei Ying didn't say anything to refute, so he agreed, and then arched his hand to everyone and said: "Then the next thing is to ask everyone, I won't go to the military aircraft department, go home and prepare for the expedition." ”

After Jia Ke said this, he didn't wait for everyone to say anything, he turned around and left the gate of the Heart Cultivation Hall and went out of the palace directly.

After Jia Ke left, Meng Ming, the head of the Hanlin Academy, also gave up his hand and returned to the military aircraft.

At this time, Lei Ying asked a little angrily, "What did Master Liu mean just now?" Could it be that you also took refuge in Jia Ke? ”

Liu Yu was a little angry when he saw him, this Lei Ying is simply a good person, but for the sake of the overall situation, he still endured his anger and explained to Lei Ying: "Lord Lei is now a very moment, if he doesn't meet Jia Ke's requirements, who knows what else he will do." It's better to get his wish for the time being, and after a while, it's not too late for us to settle accounts after the autumn. ”

Lei Ying actually knew this truth, but every time she saw Jia Ke so arrogant, she couldn't help but want to reply to him.

"Alas, Lord Liu, I didn't speak in a good tone just now, don't be surprised, I just can't get used to Jia Ke's arrogant and domineering appearance." Lei Ying knew that her tone just now had offended Liu Yu a little, so she hurriedly said a few soft words now.

Sun Yan, the secretary of the Criminal Department, stood behind them, listening to the conversation between the two people, and had a plan in his heart. This time, I'm afraid the emperor will really do something to Jia Ke. Otherwise, how could Liu Yu agree to the Military Aircraft Department's intervention in the transfer of troops and horses, if this matter is done, the emperor will become a real puppet. Because at that time, the transfer of every soldier in the world will also belong to Jia Ke on the bright side, and at that time, Jia Ke will be able to let go of his hands and feet, and no one will be able to cure him anymore.

And Liu Yu and Lei Ying didn't know that the person standing behind them was already Jia Ke's subordinate. regarded him as a member of Liu Yu's command, so he didn't carry him behind his back on many things, which allowed him to find out a lot of information.

Liu Yu and Lei Ying came to the military aircraft department together, Liu Yu now wrote a document in the military aircraft department, and then stamped his own big seal, which was handed over to Lei Ying.

Lei Ying took the paperwork and looked at it, "Lord Liu, this time I will go north with Jia Ke, and the affairs of the capital will be entrusted to you. ”

"I know in my heart, in the capital, there are mainly Jia Ke's confidant generals, these people are the leaders of each battalion, but the middle and bottom people have served in the three major battalions for several lifetimes, these people will not necessarily rely on Jia Ke, as long as the main generals of the three major battalions are all disposed of, the rest will be easy to say."

Although Lei Ying felt a little hasty, after all, the three major battalions had been controlled by Jia Ke for so many years, and it would be a lie to say that he had not arranged them, but at this time, he could only take a risk.

Besides, Jia Ke left the military aircraft department and did not return to the Wuyang Marquis Mansion, but took his own soldiers directly to the infantry commander Yamen.

Here, his military Fan Kang is in charge of the overall situation, and there are some things that need to be discussed with him.

Jia Ke entered the infantry commander's yamen, and came directly to the study near Datang, and asked Fan Kang to be invited.

Jia Ke thought about it and called Liu Yu over, "You go back and pass on Wei Kun and ask him to come here with the latest information from the north." ”

Liu Yu took the order, turned around and walked out of the study.

After a while, Fan Kang hurriedly came to the study to meet Jia Ke.

Fan Kang entered the study and saluted Jia Ke according to the previous rules, and then sat down next to him.

"Mr. Fan, this is the emperor's decree for me today, you can take it and take a look." Jia Ke didn't say anything, and directly sent the holy decree to Fan Kang.

Fan Kang casually took the holy decree and opened it, and after a closer look, it turned out to be an order to appoint Jia Ke as the marshal of the Northern Expedition.

After reading it, Fan Kang thought for a while and said, "My lord, there is something strange about this holy decree. ”

"Oh, what's wrong? The Tatars should have come to the Qing court to order the troops to go north, what else is wrong? Jia Ke said casually, in fact, the alarm bell in his heart kept ringing.

"Lord, didn't you notice? The men and horses transferred this time were all near the capital, and none of them were descendants of the lord, and the combat effectiveness of these troops was really worrying, and using these people to fight the Tatars was simply to send them to death. Fan Kang voiced the suspicions.

Jia Ke said with a smile: "Isn't there still my 50,000 Xiao Riding Battalion?" With 50,000 horses and horses, these reinforcements can at least hold a stalemate with the Tatars. ”

And Jia Ke still didn't say a word to Fan Kang, that is, these inland soldiers and horses, in fact, are not necessarily vulnerable, since these general soldiers and rhythms have taken refuge in Jia Ke, they have also stepped up training, and these soldiers and horses are also able to fight.

Fan Kang still shook his head, he always felt that there was something wrong with it. And as Jia Ke's military advisor, he knows Jia Ke's intelligence well. During this time, neither Wei Kun nor Tang Kuai sent information on the large-scale assembly of the Tatars. With such a large-scale transfer, it is impossible for these two people not to know about it.

"My lord, I have not received any information about the large-scale movement of the Tatars during this time, and I think there must be fraud in it."

Fan Kang paused for a moment and said: "And this way to the north Xiao cavalry camp first to Gubeikou, the lord from the capital to Gubeikou hundreds of miles away, but there is no descendant troops to escort it." ”

Jia Ke listened to this and stopped talking, in fact, this is exactly what Jia Ke was thinking, it seems that the time for the showdown is coming soon.

At this moment, Liu Yu came in from outside the door to give Jia Ke a salute, and then said, "Uncle, Wei Kun has already come, waiting for the uncle's call outside the study." ”

"Let him in."

After listening to Jia Ke's instructions, Liu Yu went out. After a while, he entered the study with Wei Kun.

As soon as Wei Kun entered the study, he quickly knelt down and gave Jia Ke a salute.

Jia Ke didn't let him get up this time, but stood up and walked around him before he said, "What's the matter with your intelligence?" Gubeikou sent an urgent military information, the Tatars gathered hundreds of thousands of horses in the north and wanted to invade the south, don't you know such a big thing? ”

Wei Kun knelt on the ground and listened to Jia Ke's words, and his heart was agitated. But it's really like Jia Ke said, it was really a big mistake.

Wei Kun didn't answer Jia Ke immediately, but knelt there and thought about it carefully, Jia Ke didn't bother him, and went back to his seat to sit down to see what he had to say.

Wei Kun carefully recalled the recent intelligence there, the Tatars are very calm in the north, and there is no sign of mobilizing men, and now that Arslen Khan has a big operation in the west, I am afraid that there is no chance to mobilize men and horses to the south.